Monday, August 11, 2008

Opening Day

Michael and I have a thing for Opening Days. That is to say, the first day of a new production, whether it's a one-night stand or an eight-week run, the Opening Day is always slightly magical. In The Ugly American, Michael describes it thusly:

"For me, Opening Day is a secret holiday. It’s like a birthday, but it’s better than a birthday, because you earned it: you sweated for it, bled for it, suffered for it…"

So to Catherine and Mike and all the storytellers you've worked with out there in the town called Monday (that's what "Dushanbe" means in Tajik), I wish you all a very happy Opening Day.

In fact, I would like to give you this Ijshoorn, as a token of my affections.

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Motto

"I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a point of paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny that I ever heard of." --from Moby Dick, by Herman Melville

Meet the Travelmonkeys

Well, it's me, JM, my partner-in-crime, M, and our small black pug, Baci. We work in theater; I'm the director, M's the creator and performer, Baci's the little bit of chaos that keeps life interesting. We spend about half the year at home in Brooklyn and the other half on the road. This blog is an attempt to document that half, so we can remember where we've been.

Where We're Going Next

--SEATTLE! (early August with workshops at Seattle Rep)--INDIA!!! (rest of August, with performances and workshops in Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai)--VANCOUVER, B.C.!(performance with PuSh early September)--SEATTLE!(please, sir, no more shows, sir, just rest, sir)--PORTLAND!(for the mighty T:BA Festival, second two weeks of September)--AUSTIN!(shows at the University of Texas at Austin, where my parents met, third week of September)